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FOOD STORIES <\/strong>with Culinary Historian Maite Gomez-Rej\u00f3n & Terri de la Pe\u00f1a<\/p>\n Santa Monica History Museum welcomes culinary historian Maite Gomez-Rej\u00f3n<\/b>, the founder of ArtBites as we take a look at “El Cocinero Espa\u00f1ol” the first Mexican-American cookbook published in the U.S. (1898). Pinedo’s story and a tasting of her rice pudding recipe will be followed by a Q&A with local author Terri de la Pe\u00f1a,<\/b> who will share stories about the rancho-era Marquez family in Santa Monica, including family pit BBQs and culinary traditions that were passed down through the generations.\u00a0<\/p>\n For over a decade\u00a0Maite Gomez-Rej\u00f3n has been exploring the nexus of art and culinary history through lectures, cooking classes and tastings presented at museums and cultural centers across the country.<\/p>\n Maite is an educator, writer and cook. She has worked in the Education Departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum, has taught art history at the college level and worked as a private chef and caterer. Her essays and articles have been printed in various publications. She has recently delved into the curatorial field with exhibitions on the history of maize, chocolate, and on the life and legacy of Mexican culinary pioneer Josefina Velazqu\u00e9z de Le\u00f3n at LA Plaza Cocina de Gloria Molina in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n This event is FREE, and includes time for visitors to explore museum exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n 2024 Historian Elsa Devienne will present her new book “Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles” at the Santa Monica History Museum on Saturday, May 11, at 2:00 PM<\/p>\n Drawing from historical archives, anthropology, and cultural artifacts, Devienne showcases the beach’s pivotal role in urban history and its impact on issues such as real estate, race, environmental conservation, and modern beauty standards.<\/p>\n The book explores the formation of a “beach lobby” in the 1930s, which spearheaded efforts to reclaim and clean the beaches, paving the way for their modernization as havens for a mostly white, heterosexual middle class. Devienne also examines the cultural significance of Muscle Beach and the rise of surf culture, which helped shape Hollywood’s portrayal of physical beauty and leisure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Historian James Harris presents the highly anticipated expanded edition of his celebrated book, \u201cSanta Monica Pier: America's Last Great Pleasure Pier.\u201d With a poignant foreword penned by Robert Redford, a champion of the pier\u2019s preservation efforts during the tumultuous, Harris\u2019s new edition stands as a definitive compendium of the pier's rich history and cultural significance.\r\n","_seopress_robots_index":"","_crdt_document":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-special","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santamonicahistory.org\/bkp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santamonicahistory.org\/bkp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santamonicahistory.org\/bkp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santamonicahistory.org\/bkp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santamonicahistory.org\/bkp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35053"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/santamonicahistory.org\/bkp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35087,"href":"https:\/\/santamonicahistory.org\/bkp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35053\/revisions\/35087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santamonicahistory.org\/bkp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santamonicahistory.org\/bkp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santamonicahistory.org\/bkp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santamonicahistory.org\/bkp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Thursday, July 25, 6 pm – 8 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n \n\t\t\t\t\tSpecial Events\t\t <\/span>\n\n\t\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/span>\n <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\t <\/div>\n\t \t<\/div>\n\t\t
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